TMO (or other vendors such as Amazon, etc) get a much better price on the shipping costs when sending a large volume of packages direct through a main hub such as Louisville (UPS) or Memphis (FedEx). A device preorder like the Note 7 or a new iPhone generates a high enough volume to set up temporary warehousing close to UPS and/or FedEx.

As someone in the transportation logistics business (many years at UPS and now with Walmart Transportation), everyone who has received a UPS tracking number (me included) will not likely see any movement until tomorrow (Sunday) night. All these packages are sitting in air containers that have yet to be scanned by UPS into their system. Expect delivery on Monday.

Yeah that is what I think they are doing. I had said long ago I didn't think they were even going to the carriers but to the hubs directly and processed that way.

I think mine has to do with the amount of hubs we have here, that they hold for pick up at the main hub and not my hub.

My hub is at the airport, they "say" they pick it up at the airport, take it to the main hub and then back to mine. In reality the sorting could be done at the airport and it is at my hub right away. Changing it to hold at hub after shipping could mean they actually need another day to send it across town.

If I know I want it held at hub when ordering, I don't even tell the people I'm buying from. I just give the UPS main hub address as my shipping address.

I gotcha... Guess it pays to know ur network then... And as you said, everyone's could be different then...

If I don't get a tracking number by Monday I might cancel since I'll be in the tampa area for a couple days in 2 weeks and they got a lot of stores there. I'm sure by then they will have stock and not have to deal with the BS but not until they refund me the money on my card.

I know he is complaining and panicking from the time pre orders went live. Many of us tried to say everything is good if you got charged but he doesn't listen and just panics, keeps talking to reps even though they give him the same info etc. He isn't going to cancel anyway. At this point I'm wondering if he is just messing with us lol.

I've been that "first-pre-order guy" as I know many/all of us have/are... I don't think he is faking... Dude's scared... But I agree in thinking it is most likely not needed... Just hard to get off that ride...

If I don't get a tracking number by Monday I might cancel since I'll be in the tampa area for a couple days in 2 weeks and they got a lot of stores there. I'm sure by then they will have stock and not have to deal with the BS but not until they refund me the money on my card.

Up to you if you want to cancel. That is the last thing I would do, cancel an order before the release date.

I've been that "first-pre-order guy" as I know many/all of us have/are... I don't think he is faking... Dude's scared... But I agree in thinking it is most likely not needed... Just hard to get off that ride...

I mean I understand that, but even after many people say he is fine still doesn't listen then what can you do? At the end of the day it's just a phone and cmon it's not even close to 19th that he should be that panicking.

I mean I understand that, but even after many people say he is fine still doesn't listen then what can you do? At the end of the day it's just a phone and cmon it's not even close to 19th that he should be that panicking.

Well the thing is, TMO is saying pre-orders will be there by the 19th. They may ship them tonight but there could be a few that have issues they need to clear up that don't ship until Wednesday.

This is why TMO won't say they are shipping earlier than the 18th even if you call Samsung about shipment on Monday, with your new Note 7 😆